include/linux/compiler.h: Introduce data_race(expr) macro

This introduces the data_race(expr) macro, which can be used to annotate
expressions for purposes of (1) documenting, and (2) giving tooling such
as KCSAN information about which data races are deemed "safe".

More context:
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wg5CkOEF8DTez1Qu0XTEFw_oHhxN98bDnFqbY7HL5AB2g@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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Marco Elver 2019-11-14 19:02:55 +01:00 committed by Paul E. McKenney
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@ -310,6 +310,26 @@ unsigned long read_word_at_a_time(const void *addr)
__u.__val; \
})
#include <linux/kcsan.h>
/*
* data_race: macro to document that accesses in an expression may conflict with
* other concurrent accesses resulting in data races, but the resulting
* behaviour is deemed safe regardless.
*
* This macro *does not* affect normal code generation, but is a hint to tooling
* that data races here should be ignored.
*/
#define data_race(expr) \
({ \
typeof(({ expr; })) __val; \
kcsan_nestable_atomic_begin(); \
__val = ({ expr; }); \
kcsan_nestable_atomic_end(); \
__val; \
})
#else
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
/*